Table 24

Property Stolen and Recovered
by Type and Value, 2008
[13,301 agencies; 2008 estimated population 253,453,367]

Type of property	Value of property		Percent recovered
Type of property	Stolen	Recovered	Percent recovered
Total	$14,832,665,848	$3,816,312,784	25.7
Currency, notes, etc.	1,151,853,609	40,571,672	3.5
Jewelry and precious metals	1,501,337,916	63,842,862	4.3
Clothing and furs	288,616,049	36,699,571	12.7
Locally stolen motor vehicles	5,640,153,991	3,224,301,776	57.2
Office equipment	876,730,353	34,020,122	3.9
Televisions, radios, stereos, etc.	966,272,029	51,089,823	5.3
Firearms	142,215,920	12,207,052	8.6
Household goods	337,571,821	10,569,384	3.1
Consumable goods	138,864,080	15,221,279	11.0
Livestock	22,826,952	2,496,863	10.9
Miscellaneous	3,766,223,128	325,292,380	8.6

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In the United States, nearly $15 billion dollars ($14,832,665,848) of property was reported stolen in 2008. Of that, 25.7 percent of the monetary value of reported stolen property was recovered.
Locally stolen motor vehicles (i.e., those stolen within the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency that submitted the report) accounted for over $5.6 billion in stolen property.
Of the types of property stolen, locally stolen motor vehicles had the highest percentage of property value recovered at 57.2 percent. Household goods had the lowest amount of recovery, 3.1 percent.